A350 XWB keel-beam

Airbus Nantes delivers the first A350 XWB keel beam to Airbus Saint-Nazaire. After delivery of the first A350 XWB centre wing box to Airbus Saint-Nazaire on August 8th, Airbus Nantes has delivered the second major A350 XWB component manufactured on the site - the keel beam. The exceptional convoy, over 25 metres long, left the Nantes site for the Loire, to be loaded onto the barge that transported it to the Airbus Saint-Nazaire site. (12 August 2011)